india lead the world in road crash fatalities ......... ......... 10% of global road deaths occur here. in the latest decade , ............ ...........more then one million people have lost their lives. .......... ......... in road accidents of the country , ............. ......... several thousands were been injured , ................... .................. and hundred of family ..................... ...................... have been destroyed. fatalities on ................... .......................... indian roads have risen in a last decade. ...................... ......................... editing errors
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Lead- leads
latest - last
then - than
of - in
were - have
Answer :
Cambridge English Dictionary defines "edit" as "to make changes to a text, film, etc., correcting mistakes or removing some parts, especially in order to prepare it for being printed or shown."
The purpose of editing exercises is to make students proficient in proof reading by helping them to identify and correct errors in a text.
The errors in the given passage along with their corrections are as follows :
Incorrect Correct
(a) lead leads
(b) latest last
(c) then than
(d) of in
(e) were have
(f) family families
(g) no error no error
(h) a the